Campaign 2012/Vegas

So there we were on a Wednesday night.  Me, Brock, Amanda and Jessica. (the Kirkby girls, Brock's cousin's daughters)  We were playing games at our kitchen table when Brock mentioned that he had seen a job posting to go to Vegas for a couple of days to help with the campaign for a non-profit group called American's for Prosperity.  It was 11 pm on that Wednesday night and the bus was leaving at 2 pm the following day.

We decided to be spontaneous and go.  We had to make some special arrangements, but we pulled it off.  It was the longest bus ride I've ever been on!  The bus didn't leave Rexburg until 6pm.  We had to stop in Logan, Salt Lake, and Provo to pick up more people, and then rest stops in Fillmore and St. George.  We finally got to Vegas about 6 am Vegas time.  We checked in to the hotel room and slept for about an hour and a half and then we were up and at it for a 12 hour day at work.  We went door to door surveying people about the election and issues the country is facing.

Sitting around waiting for our assignments

 Helping stack the waters using the bellhop cart

After working that day we took a quick trip to the strip.  One of the girls in the group had never been to Vegas so we showed her the basics.  We made it to the Bellagio fountains, which is of course, the most classic part of the strip.

 Brock and I at the Bellagio, don't mind that we look a little gross after walking all day

 Jessica and Amanda

So thankful for these girls living

in Rexburg!!

The next day we got up bright and early again and had another day of knocking doors.  We called it quits a little earlier because the group was sponsoring a program to raise awareness.  We had VIP tickets to this event.  3 Doors down did a concert.  They were big when I was in Jr High and High School.  It was a ton of fun to sit so close and because it was Brock's first concert outside of church related concerts.

After that we got on to the bus and drove through the night again and got back to Rexburg at 11:30 am.  It was a long and exhausting weekend, but we had so much fun!!  We laughed a lot, we worked hard, we stood up for a cause that we believe in.  And it was an all expense paid trip to Vegas and we were able to earn money at the same time.

 Check out how close our seats were!!

 Oh ya, and we will NEVER be able to watch Madagascar 3 again.  EVER.

One final picture of a very sleepy boy.  We both slept for about 5 hours at least when we got back home.  I secretly love seeing him when he is asleep, I don't know why, but I do.